The aloof mayor was also uninterested in the apparent cover-up of the collision. Texts showed EPU members telling each other “no one is to know.”

“I don’t accept the notion that anything was done one way or another because I’m not familiar with what was done," de Blasio said, apparently ignorant of The News’s front page story and coverage it received from other news outlets.

The Police Department did not answer multiple questions about the handling of the collision. NYPD spokesman Phil Walzak continued to insist the crash was documented properly — though a spokesman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles said it had no report of the crash on file.

Accidents that involve more than $1,000 in property damage must be reported to the DMV.

“There was an investigation into this collision, which determined the NYPD was at fault. There were no injuries. As a result of this investigation, the driver of the incident was verbally instructed regarding the impact of safe vehicle operation,” Walzak said.

Sources close to the Executive Protection Unit told The News the crash was hushed up in part because of de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, which seeks to reduce traffic and pedestrian deaths through tougher enforcement.

De Blasio’s police detail quickly walked him away from the scene of the crash, a source said. Former EPU officers have said it was not unusual for de Blasio to be whisked away.

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But Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Queens) said the episode was another example of the mayor’s “do as I say not as I do” attitude.

“Mayor de Blasio’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. He created Vision Zero in order to make the streets safer, but when his own SUV was involved in a car accident, it was covered up and hidden. Sadly, this has become just another example of the Mayor refusing to play by his own rules," Ulrich said.

Redmond remains in his post despite the turmoil in the unit. The News previously reported de Blasio has blocked Commissioner James O’Neill from reassigning Redmond. City Hall has said it does not meddle in NYPD personnel decisions.